About The Kurds are the largest single ethnic Middle Eastern group after Arabs, Turks and Iranians. They speak Kurdish, an Indo-European language. Due to political divisions, Kurdish is probably the only language in the world written in three alphabets (the …
About Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a gaseous air pollutant composed of nitrogen and oxygen. It is a reddish-brown, pungent, acidic gas that is corrosive and strongly oxidising. It is one of a group of highly reactive gases known as oxides …
Background The three major forms of treatment for any cancer are surgery (removing the cancer), radiotherapy (delivering ionising radiation to the tumour), and systemic therapy (administering medicines that act on the tumour). Surgery and radiotherapy have been refined significantly over …
About The Hague Service Convention—formally known as the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, 1965, was adopted at the Hague Conference on Private International Law in 1965. Building on the 1905 …
Background An earthquake is an intense shaking of Earth’s surface. The shaking is caused by movements in Earth’s outermost layer, the crust. Although the Earth looks like a solid place from the surface, it’s actually extremely active just below the …
Definition Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) are emission reduction units that can be traded between countries under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement. ITMOs enable bilateral or multilateral cooperation by allowing a country to transfer its surplus emission reductions to …
About It is a project of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) intergovernmental research organisation and is planned to be the world’s largest optical telescope, with a giant primary mirror (made of 798 small mirrors) that measures 39 meters across. The …
Who are ASHA workers? ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers are volunteers from within the community who are trained to provide information and aid people in accessing benefits of various healthcare schemes of the government. They act as a bridge …
About ICJ The ICJ is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). It was established in 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations and began work in 1946. The court is the successor to the Permanent Court …
What are SPRs? Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) are huge stockpiles of crude oil stored in the underground rock caverns (considered safest for storage of Hydrocarbons) to tackle emergency situations and allow a country to tide over short-term supply disruptions. They …